The two-time All-WAC first-team selection led the nation with 1,889 receiving yards on 119 catches in 2010, when he had 17 catches that gained at least 30 yards (the most in the nation) and scored 14 TDs. Salas finished with a school-record 4,345 career receiving yards (sixth in NCAA FBS history) on 285 catches.

DEANDRE MCDANIEL

2 Defensive back

Clemson

6-0 213

The two-time All-ACC first-team selection played in a school-record 53 games, starting his final 33 at safety. His career numbers include 296 tackles, 18½ tackles for loss and 15 interceptions, the second-most in school history.

CURTIS BROWN

3 Defensive back

Texas

5-11½ 180

The cornerback played in 52 games for Texas and was a special-teams standout in addition to his secondary duties, making 35 tackles on special teams, blocking a punt and averaging 14.2 yards on punt returns during his career.

ZAC ETHERIDGE

4 Defensive back

Auburn

5-11½ 201

After bouncing back from a neck injury that ended his junior season prematurely, Etheridge finished as the second-leading tackler for the 2010 BCS national champion. The Tiger started at safety in the final 38 games in which he played.

COURTNEY SMITH

6 Wide receiver

South Alabama

6-5 230

The first Jag invited to the Senior Bowl caught 38 passes for 592 yards and five TDs in 2010. Taylor caught at least one pass in every game in USA history -- 17 victories.

CHRISTIAN PONDER

7 Quarterback

Florida State

6-2 222

The Seminole battled an arm injury that cost him two games in 2010 and finished 184 of 299 passing for 2,044 yards and 20 TDs with eight interceptions. He ranks in the top five in FSU history in career passing yards, completions, TD passes and total offense. Ponder had earned an MBA before he started his senior season.

RONALD JOHNSON

8 Wide receiver

Southern Cal

5-11 186

The dual-threat averaged 14.2 yards per punt return, running one back 89 yards for a TD, and caught 64 passes for 692 yards and eight TDs in 2010. His 21 career TDs covered an average of 24.1 yards.

CHARLES CLAY

9 Running back

Tulsa

6-3 239

The four-year starter had only 34 carries for 226 yards in 2010, but he also caught 43 passes for 526 yards and seven TDs, reflective of his collegiate career: The fullback ran for 911 yards and caught 189 passes for 2,544 yards (including 1,024 as a freshman) and 28 TDs.

KELVIN SHEPPARD

11 Linebacker

LSU

6-2 250

The three-year starter at middle linebacker earned All-SEC first-team honors in 2010 with 116 tackles. A veteran of 53 games with the Tigers, Sheppard finished his career with 311 tackles.

MARCUS GILCHRIST

12 Defensive back

Clemson

5-10 193

Clemson's strongest player pound for pound finished his career with 211 tackles while averaging 25.1 yards on kickoff returns and 9.7 yards on punt returns. The cornerback and fellow Senior Bowler DeAndre McDaniel share the school record of 53 games played.

GREG MCELROY

12 Quarterback

Alabama

6-1¾ 222

McElroy is the hardest passer to intercept in SEC history, throwing one pick every 65.8 passes. The Rhodes Scholarship finalist was fourth nationally in passing efficiency with a 168.99 rating in 2010, when he set school records for yards of total offense, passing yards, completion percentage and TD passes by going 222-for-333 for 2,987 yards and 20 TDs with five interceptions.

ANDY DALTON

14 Quarterback

Texas Christian

6-2 213

In leading TCU to an undefeated record and a victory in the Rose Bowl (where he earned his third bowl MVP award), the two-time Mountain West Conference Offensive Player of the Year compiled a passing efficiency rating of 166.48, fifth in nation, by completing 209 of 316 passes for 2,857 yards with 27 TDs and six interceptions. The Mountain West career leader in yards of total offense also ran for 435 yards and six TDs in 2010.

BILAL POWELL

15 Running back

Louisville

5-10½ 204

The All-Big East first-team selection ranked 11th in the country with 1,405 rushing yards while averaging 6.14 yards per carry in 2010. The Cardinal tied a school record with seven 100-yards games as a senior, when he became the first Louisville player to post consecutive games with at least 200 rushing yards.

DEMARCUS VAN DYKE

16 Defensive back

Miami (Fla.)

6-1 168

A sprinter on the Miami track team, Van Dyke played in 50 football games for the Hurricanes, starting in his first one as a freshman, but adding only 19 more in his career, seeing time at nickelback as well as cornerback. He intercepted two passes in 2010.

JOSH BYNES

17 Linebacker

Auburn

6-1½ 239

The leading tackler for the BCS national champion started the final 35 games of his collegiate career at middle linebacker. The All-SEC first-team selection made 73 tackles, including 5½ for loss, and three interceptions as a senior. As a junior, Bynes led Auburn with 104 tackles.

CHAS HENRY

17 Punter

Florida

6-3½ 220

The consensus All-American averaged 45.1 yards per punt, with four of at least 60 yards. In SEC play, Henry averaged 48.5 yards per punt with 14 of at least 50 yards. He also stepped in as the Gators' place-kicker, making 7-of-11 field-goal attempts.

ANTHONY ALLEN

18 Running back

Georgia Tech

5-11¾ 223

The All-ACC first-team selection led the conference with 1,316 rushing yards on 240 attempts in 2010, an average of 5.5 yards per carry, after he switched from playing slotback in 2009 to fullback in 2010 for the option-oriented Yellow Jackets. A transfer from Louisville, he totaled 3,036 rushing yards in his career with the Cards and Jackets.

DERRICK LOCKE

20 Running back

Kentucky

5-8 186

The former track and field All-American ran for 100 yards in five of his eight full games in 2010, missing four after being injured. His 27.1-yard career kickoff-return average is a school record, and he owns two 100-yard kickoff returns. Locke also caught 95 passes at Kentucky.

SHAREECE WRIGHT

24 Defensive back

Southern Cal

5-11 182

The Trojans cornerback bounced back to make 73 tackles, including seven for loss, and break up 10 passes in 2010 after missing the 2009 season because of academic issues and suffering a hairline fracture in his neck after starting the first two games in 2008.

NOEL DEVINE

27 Running back

West Virginia

5-7 160

Although his rushing yardage declined to 936 as a senior after he ran for 1,465 as a junior and 1,289 as a sophomore, the Mountaineer is still the fourth-leading rusher in Big East history with 4,315 yards. Devine also caught 98 passes in his career. He was No. 2 on the 2006 Press-Register Super Southeast 120 as a high school senior in North Fort Myers, Fla.

JOCK SANDERS

28 Wide receiver

West Virginia

5-7 179

The Mountaineers' Offensive MVP in each of the past two seasons caught 69 passes for 778 yards and four TDs in 2010 and 72 passes for 688 yards and three TDs in 2009, in addition to returning punts and kickoffs. His 206 career receptions are a school record.

JOHNNY PATRICK

29 Defensive back

Louisville

5-10½ 185

The cornerback led the Big East in passes defended and returned one of his five interceptions in 2010 for a TD. Patrick started 41 games for the Cardinals.

JOSH JASPER

30 Place-kicker

LSU

5-10 173

The consensus All-American led the nation with 28 field goals in 2010. By making 47 of his 56 career field-goal attempts, Jasper finished as one of the most accurate kickers in SEC history with an 83.9 percent success rate.

K.J. WRIGHT

34 Linebacker

Mississippi State

6-3 246

The three-year starter at outside linebacker made 98 tackles, including eight for loss, and broke up nine passes for the Bulldogs in 2010. Wright had 258 career tackles.

AHMAD BLACK

35 Defensive back

Florida

5-9½ 183

The safety led the nation with 171 return yards on five interceptions while also leading the Gators with 108 tackles to earn All-SEC first-team honors. After playing cornerback as a freshman, he made 39 starts at safety, finishing with 13 interceptions and 244 tackles.

VON MILLER

40 Linebacker

Texas A&M

6-2½ 237

The consensus All-American led the Big 12 with 10 solo sacks while anchoring the league's stingiest run defense, earning the Butkus Award as the nation's best linebacker. The outside linebacker led the nation in sacks with 17 in 2009, and his career total of 33 ranks ninth in NCAA FBS history.

BROOKS REED

42 Defensive lineman

Arizona

6-2½ 257

The former H-back started 34 games at defensive end for the Wildcats, earning All-Pac-10 first-team honors in 2010, when he made 47 tackles, including 6½ sacks.

D.J. WILLIAMS

45 Tight end

Arkansas

6-2 236

The two-time All-SEC first-team selection won the Mackey Award as the nation's top tight end in 2010, when he caught 54 passes. His 152 career receptions rank second in school history. Williams won the 2010 Disney Spirit Award as college football's most inspirational figure.

COLIN MCCARTHY

46 Linebacker

Miami (Fla.)

6-1¼ 235

McCarthy was third in the ACC with 119 tackles and had 11½ tackles for loss. He spent his senior season at middle linebacker after starting 35 games at strongside linebacker for the Hurricanes.

CHRIS WHITE

50 Linebacker

Mississippi State

6-3 244

A junior-college All-American at MGCCC, White made 110 tackles in his first season at middle linebacker for MSU after playing on the outside for the Bulldogs in 2009. The Vancleave native earned All-SEC first-team honors in 2010.

CEDRIC THORNTON

53 Defensive lineman

Southern Arkansas

6-3½ 299

After achieving the rare feat of leading the Muleriders in tackles (including 23 for loss) as a defensive tackle and earning AP Little All-American honors in 2009, he came back with 13 tackles for loss in eight games as a senior.

NATE IRVING

56 Linebacker

North Carolina State

6-1¼ 242

The Wolfpack's leading tackler with 97 in 2010, Irving was sixth in the nation with an average of 1.7 tackles for loss per game and set an NCAA record with eight against Wake Forest. The All-ACC middle linebacker shared the league's Brian Piccolo Award with fellow Senior Bowler Mark Herzlich after missing the 2009 season due to injuries sustained in a car wreck.

ALLEN BAILEY

57 Defensive end

Miami (Fla.)

6-3¼ 278

A defensive end big enough to move inside on some third-down situtations, Bailey slipped to second-team All-ACC in 2010 after earning first-team honors in 2009, even though he had 11 tackles for loss in each season.

DANNY WATKINS

59 Offensive lineman

Baylor

6-3½ 312

A Canadian who played hockey and rugby, but not football, in high school, Watkins was a junior-college All-American before coming to Baylor. He started at left tackle in both his seasons with the Bears and was second-team All-Big 12 as a senior.

CLINT BOLING

60 Offensive lineman

Georgia

6-5 310

The Bulldogs' offensive captain started six games at left tackle, five at right guard and two at right tackle in 2010, when he earned All-SEC first team recognition and pushed his career total to 49 starts. Boling was named to Georgia's 2000-09 Team of the Decade while still playing and was on the 2010 Pro Football Weekly All-American team.

KRISTOFER O'DOWD

61 Offensive lineman

Southern California

6-4¼ 303

The only true freshman to start a season-opening game at center at Southern Cal, O'Dowd made 36 career starts for the Trojans. Injuries derailed his junior campaign before he bounced back as a senior.

RODNEY HUDSON

62 Offensive lineman

Florida State

6-2¼ 291

The B.C. Rain graduate was a unanimous All-American in 2010, when he did not give up a sack. The left guard earned the ACC's past two Jacobs Blocking trophies and became the first lineman to be selected first-team All-ACC three times.

DEMARCUS LOVE

65 Offensive lineman

Arkansas

6-4½ 318

The left tackle helped Arkansas become one of seven schools in SEC history with at least 6,000 yards of total offense and the first Razorbacks squad with a 3,000-yard passer and a 1,000-yard rusher. Love played guard his first two seasons at Arkansas before starting the final 26 at tackle.

JAKE KIRKPATRICK

66 Offensive lineman

Texas Christian

6-2¼ 301

The winner of the 2010 Rimington Trophy as the nation's best center did not commit a penalty or allow a sack as a senior in helping the Horned Frogs post an undefeated season.

LEE ZIEMBA

73 Offensive lineman

Auburn

6-6 317

The left tackle and consensus All-American helped undefeated Auburn set an SEC record for yards of total offense in 2010, when he won the conference's Jacobs Blocking Trophy. The All-SEC first-team selection holds the Auburn record for consecutive starts with 52.

MARCUS GILBERT

76 Offensive lineman

Florida

6-6½ 329

The Secret Service agent's son has started every game for Florida in the past two seasons at one of the tackle positions after starting two games at left guard as a sophomore and a game at right guard as a freshman.

JAMES CARPENTER

77 Offensive lineman

Alabama

6-4¾ 313

The junior-college transfer started all 27 of his games at Alabama at left tackle. In 2010, he helped the Tide set a school record for yards of total offense after Alabama won the BCS national championship in 2009.

DEREK SHERROD

79 Offensive lineman

Mississippi State

6-5½ 312

The three-year starter at left tackle was the SEC Offensive Lineman of the Week four times and earned all-league honors in 2010, when Mississippi State established a school record for yards gained.

SAM ACHO

81 Defensive lineman

Texas

6-1¾ 257

The defensive end won the William V. Campbell Trophy as the nation's top football scholar-athlete in 2010. The All-Big 12 selection helped Texas finish sixth nationally in total defense with 59 tackles, including 17 for loss and nine sacks. Acho forced a Big 12-best five fumbles in 2010.

DANNY AIKEN

82 Deep snapper

Virginia

6-4½ 246

The former high school quarterback was a four-year letterman at Virginia while handling the snapping duties on punts and placements. Aiken made four tackles on special teams in 2010.

JEREMY KERLEY

84 Wide receiver

Texas Christian

5-9¼ 188

Kerley was the Mountain West Conference's Special Teams Player of the Year after each of the past two seasons and earned the kick returner spot on the All-MWC first team three times. In 2010, he finished second in the conference with 1,587 all-purpose yards as he averaged 27.7 yards per kickoff return and 12.9 yards per punt return while catching 56 passes for 575 yards and 10 TDs for undefeated TCU.

PRESTON DIAL

85 Tight end

Alabama

6-2 238

The former UMS-Wright standout had his best statistical year as a senior after helping the Crimson Tide win the BCS national championship in 2009. In 2010, Dial caught 25 passes for 264 yards and three TDs as Bama set a school record for yards of total offense.

LEONARD HANKERSON

86 Wide receiver

Miami (Fla.)

6-1½ 205

Miami's 2010 MVP led the ACC with 1,156 receiving yards as he caught 72 passes and set a school record with 13 TD receptions. With 2,160 yards on 134 catches in his career, the All-ACC selection became the first Hurricanes receiver to reach the 2,000-yard mark.

LUKE STOCKER

88 Tight end

Tennessee

6-5 255

The three-year starter caught 39 passes for 417 yards and two TDs as a senior. Stocker holds the Tennessee record for games played by a non-kicker with 52.

PERNELL MCPHEE

90 Defensive lineman

Mississippi State

6-3 274

The two-time junior college All-American made first-team All-SEC as a defensive tackle in both his seasons with the Bulldogs. His 35 tackles in 2010 included 10 for losses, and he knocked down four passes.

CHRIS NEILD

91 Defensive lineman

West Virginia

6-2 313

The three-year starter at nose tackle helped the Mountaineers hold opponents to 17 TDs in 2010, the fewest in the nation, with only three coming on the ground as West Virginia ranked second nationally in rushing defense.

PHIL TAYLOR

98 Defensive lineman

Baylor

6-3½ 337

A transfer from Penn State, Taylor played defensive tackle in 2009 and noseguard in 2010 for Baylor. He made 62 tackles, including seven for loss, as a senior.

JARVIS JENKINS

99 Defensive lineman

Clemson

6-4 309

The three-year starter at defensive tackle finished his career with 166 tackles, 31 tackles for loss, five sacks and a school-record four blocked place-kicks. Clemson led the ACC in scoring defense in 2010 as Jenkins earned all-conference recognition.